Example sentences of "[vb past] at [art] [adj -er] [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the United States government support for organised labour came at a later date than in Europe ( only in the mid-1930s ) , and even then it still remained open to employers to try to persuade their own workers ( short of using overt coercion ) not to vote for union bargaining rights ( i.e. they still maintained ‘ an ethical mandate to continue with their belligerent behaviour towards unions ’ ( Adams , 1981 , p. 287 ) ) . |
| 2 | Lord Edmund-Davies similarly arrived at a narrower conclusion than Lord Diplock . |
| 3 | This Air-Cooled door is ‘ air-washed , ’ which means that it si kept at a lower temperature than many other cookers . |
| 4 | Breathing heavily Emilia stared at the younger woman as though bereft of all hope that she might be understood . |
| 5 | As many wartime evacuees found to their alarm , rural housing remained at a lower standard than that to be found in most urban areas , with only slow progress having been made in the provision of piped water , sewerage and electricity . |